[Locked to Residents]

[malnosso]

[Appearing on the journals is a written message as follows. A voice option is provided for a computerized reading of the text.]

Attention Luceti Residents.

The following names are being called to participate in a strike against the cultist hordes:
[the names listed here appear on the journal.]

All subjects are required to arrive at the tunnels at 8AM on the 27th of March for deployment. All listed individuals are required to be present. Subjects will then be escorted to TERRACE for battle preparation and further details.

Target will be Region One, a former Malnosso stronghold, presently in cultist hands. Subjects are advised to prepare for combat in forested areas. Further information will be made available at TERRACE. Questions and answers will not be provided at this time.

[The Malnosso will not reply to this message, but everyone is free to use this post to discuss among themselves, whether using voice options on the journal or doing action threads.]

Comments

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[corrinesbell]

Doesn't mean everyone in the third party is a combatant either.

[Hold up. Mental brakes.]

...I never thought of that before.

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[chikaidestroyer]

[Oh Sheena. Albert just looks over at her silently as she processes that revelation.]

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[corrinesbell]

[Then it goes in what he may believe is the wrong direction.]

What if they get forced to fight just like we do? Except every single one I've ever seen is really good at it.

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[chikaidestroyer]

[He's heard his share of bleeding hearts in relation to wars.]

And what if they do? Will that earn them your sympathy?

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[corrinesbell]

[Yes. Yes it will. At least a little bit. Even after she thinks about it.]

Doesn't get us much of theirs, does it?

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[chikaidestroyer]

No, it certainly does not. Beyond thinking of us as fools and puppets of the Organization, I suppose.

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[corrinesbell]

It's not like you can make them stop trying to stab you or shoot you and have a conversation instead. They don't listen. ...But I dunno if we'd listen, either, after enough of this stuff.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Set in their ways until the next revolutionary comes along to shake things up. Is that not how every great war begins?

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[corrinesbell]

I dunno. Haven't really been a part of any great wars. The 'revolutionary' sorta person I knew was mostly just a good-hearted naive kid who didn't take no for an answer.

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[chikaidestroyer]

They tend to make for charismatic and determined leaders. [Good-hearted and naive. Yes indeed.]

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[corrinesbell]

Well that explains it.

[Not touching on that subject just now though.]

If we're both going, who am I gonna let supervise this place?

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[chikaidestroyer]

There are perfectly capable candidates available. They may even not reduce this place to a pile of ashes.

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[corrinesbell]

Like who, exactly? Emil? [He's a great friend but loses track of himself a bit too easily.]

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[chikaidestroyer]

Certainly. He is good with the customers, too. [...Though the bookkeeping...] Perhaps assign someone else to supervise with him.

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[corrinesbell]

[And if he turns all angry Ratatosk on these guys?]

Two people, huh? I guess I could do that. Most of the people I'd pick are going too, is the problem.

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[chikaidestroyer]

[He's not expecting much trouble from Ratatosk ... but Sheena would likely know better than him just how bad Ratatosk could get in the tea shop.]

Yes, it does seem like a large portion of the village is going for this draft. I'm sure those remaining behind will find the village much quieter for that period of time.